Dave King has called for the suspension of Murdoch MacLennan until the SPFL complete an independent investigation into his relationship with Celtic’s majority shareholder Dermot Desmond.

Record Sport exclusively revealed this morning the SPFL are adamant there is no conflict of interest for MacLennan – despite his role as chairman of the governing body and as a non-executive director of Irish-based media company Independent News and Media, which is part-owned by Celtic chief Desmond.

And now Rangers supremo Dave King wants MacLennan to be suspended after questioning the view there has been no wrong-doing.

Instead, King insists even the "perception" must be chased out of the game.

It is the second time in the last week King has called for a probe. Last week, Record Sport revealed SFA non-executive director Gary Hughes had described Rangers fans as "the great unwashed" in a magazine article.

Murdoch MacLennan stands accused by Rangers (Image: PA Wire)

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And today in a statement King said: "The club notes with concern the latest disclosure through the media regarding a business relationship which the chairman of the SPFL has with leading shareholders of a fellow SPFL club.

"This has given rise to allegations of non-disclosure and it is now imperative we discover exactly the nature of the information supplied to the SPFL regarding this relationship.

"It is equally important that any conflicts of interest, or even the perception of such, whereby positions within the Scottish football authorities could be undermined, or abused, must be aggressively rooted out of our game.

"The SPFL, therefore, must immediately suspend its chairman pending an independent investigation by a senior QC into the allegations and into the extent that other parties within the SPFL may have cooperated in this alleged non-disclosure. There is a clear prima facie case for this investigation.

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"Unfortunately for Scottish football, this incident immediately follows a similar call by myself for an independent non-executive director of the SFA to be suspended under similar circumstances. The credibility of Scottish football in the minds of supporters and sponsors is at stake and urgent action is required.

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"Transparency will be key to recovering the confidence of key stakeholders in Scottish football and this cannot be achieved if the SFA and/or the SPFL conduct internal investigations.

"The SPFL and SFA must now appoint independent investigators. Scottish football is an important national asset and must have levels of probity and governance that are beyond reproach and that are transparently so."